[UA] UA unintenionally sexist? (LONG!)

[Ysidro]

Patrick O'Duffy wrote:
> 
> Ysidro wrote:
> 
> > Ooooh, oooooh!  Patrick, I'm sorry.  I tried to bite my tongue but...
> >
> > Well, could it be that you thought of The Freak as "he" because you're
> > "unintentionally sexist."  <grin>
> 
> It's certainly very possible.  I've been accused of that in the past, and I know that
> many people don't agree with my thoughts on gender.
> 
> I'm not holding myself up as a rolemodel, here.

I know and the more I think about it, the worse I feel about saying it. 
It was just an idle crack not meant to be taken seriously.

Although it is most likely true, but as I said before, we already know
that.

And now to add some substance (I hope).  I think this discussion went a
couple ways:

1) The possiblity that Greg and John intentionally added "sexist macho"
bits to the game.  I think we all deny any intentional sexism though.

2) The possiblity of unintended sexism.  This is a debate for the ages. 
The answer, IMHO, being "Yes.  Sort of.  At least as much as the rest of
the world does it."

Anyway, I can't remember, has Joanna actually read the whole UA book or
just flipped through it (as most of us do, no judgement being made here)
and saw some "icky bits"?  If that's the case, I say someone better loan
her the book and make sure she reads it cover to cover. ;)

Better yet, invite her here.  We need more wimmin <leer>.  Not that
Stacey isn't enough women for all of us, but ... <ahem>  I'll shut up
now before I make things worse...

Ysidro
-- 
Penn-Ohio Historical European Martial Arts Society
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~ysidro/pohemas.html

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